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A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East

by Tiziano Terzani

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Feb 19, 2025 02:46AM

“you will never catch up.
Walk around feeling like a leaf
know you could tumble at any second.
Then decide what to do with your time.

--The Art of Disappearing”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets

tags: poetry

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“Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.”
― Iris Murdoch, Existentialists and Mystics: Writings on Philosophy and Literature

tags: love, realization

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“How weightless
words are when nothing will do.”
― Philip Levine, Breath

tags: poetry, words

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“look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you...”
― Colette

tags: creativity, self-help-book, words-of-wisdom

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“Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone's.”
― Dorianne Laux, The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry

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